Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Generally, welding robots include one or more arms, a torch, and a wire feeder for feeding weld wire to the torch. The torch is disposed at a distal end of the robot and the wire feeder is disposed between a base of the t orch and the distal end. A cable connects the wire feeder to the torch and provi des one or more of electricity, weld wire, process gas, and cooling fluid from t he wire feeder. Close contact between a power pin of the plug and receiving bloc k of a socket is desirable for proper transfer of electricity and fluids from th e wire feeder to the torch cable.
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